Enigmo Review

A truly remarkable puzzle game

Submitted by Rubadubdub on Sun, 2008-08-03 01:33.
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The lowest price: 17.95$
You can buy it at RegNow for that price.
Pros:
Creative level design, great (largely)original game idea, simply beautiful, fiendishly addictive(is this a good thing)and excellent value for money.
Cons:
The timer is stupidly quick on some of the levels. Learning curve is high.
Review:

When I first started playing the game I was completely lost but after playing around with different devices I found it relatively simple. The game gets difficult very quickly though and I don't think I completed any of the levels on my first or second attempt. This is not necessarily a bad thing though, as the game encourages the player to think carefully and plan his approach to the level. you will often have to play through several times to just understand the levels lay out.

To be honest I find this game incredibly frustrating (you often miss out
on placing a key object a second to late) but this only increases the addictiveness of it. There is nothing like the feeling of satisfaction you get completing a level after 10 failed attempts. With 70 levels im going to be busy for a long time.

This game is beautiful and Pangea Soft have put a lot of effort in making
it a very beautiful game, the 3D environment is truly spectacular and the liquid effects and physics are very impressive, the sound effects create an effective ambiance and the music while not anything special does have some appeal and the game would be a little drab without it.

The premise of the game is very much akin to The Incredible Machine and anyone who has played The Incredible Machine will probably see some distinct similarities and this is great as both are excellent games. though in my opinion The Incredible Machine is still very much its superior and has greater re playability and is more inventive.

Conclusion:

Great game but The Incredible machine is better, saying that though I am not displeased that I brought it and since I have not played The Incredible Machine since I was 12 it is great to see something like it again and for that reason I still Highly recommend Enigmo.